Air-cushion for automobiles.



J. B. TAYLOR; JR. AIR GUSHION FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED mm 18, 1908.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

Q Vi hmobeo JOEL B. TAYLOR, JR, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO.

AIR-CUSHION FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1-909.-

Application flled June 18, 1908. Serial No. 439,201.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, JOEL B. TAYLOR, Jr.," citizen of the United States, residing at East Liverpool, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air-Cushions for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention compre hends certain new and useful improvements in running gear for automobiles or similar vehicles, and the invention has for its object, a simple, durable and efficient construction of air cushion and relative parts designed to be interposed between the body supporting springs and the axle so as to provide the necessary resiliency without the necessity of using spring wheels or pneumatic cushion tires.

With this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain. constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be hadto the following description and accompanying drawings in which Figure 1, is view in elevation showing my device applied to a vehicle; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3'is a detail View in perspective of the pneumatic cushion,- and Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the plate.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a portion of the body of the vehicle such as an automobile, 2 the ordinary arched or bow springs designed to assist in supporting the body, and 3 the aXle.

4 designates a plate which is longitudinally curved as shown so as to fit against the lower side of the springs 2, said plate being formed intern'iediate of its ends with an enlarged portion or head 5 designed to be secured to the springs by bolts extending therethrough and attached to the springs in any desired way. The plate 4 is formed. with a downwardly and rearwardly extending spindle or stem 6 which fits within an opening 7 formed for it in the enlarged portion or head 8 that is formed for it on the base member 9 of'my device, said base member being supported on the axle 3 and secured thereto by any desired-means. The spindle or stem 6 serves 'to hold the parts together in proper relative lnterposed between the plate 4 and the base member 9 is a pneumatic cushion 10 which islongitudinally elongated as shown and which is provided at one end with an inflation valve 11. The cushion 10 is formed intermediate of its ends with a laterally enlarged portion 12 designed to fit between the a heads 5 and 8, and in addition to such enlarged portion, the cushion 10 is formed with anopening 13 to accommodate the stem 7 of the plate .4. The cushion is further formed with a slot 14 opening from its outer side into the opening 13 so that the cushionmay the more readily be slipped into place or removed.

From the foregoing description and accom-.

panying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple, durable and eflicient construction of air cushion for vehicles in which the resiliency is roduced above the axle and the necessity 0i pneumatic cushion tires and spring wheels is obviated.

Having'thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with-the body portion, springs, andaxle of a vehicle, of a plate socured to the lower side of said springs and formed with a downwardly extendin stem, a base member secured to the axle and formed with an opening accommodating said stem, and a pneumatic cushion interposed between said plate and base member.

2. T he combination with the body portion, springs, and axle of a vehicle, of a plate secured to said springs and formed with a depending stem, :1 base member secured to the axle and formed with an opening in which said stem is received, and a pneumatic cushion interposed between the base member and the plate and formed with an opening around said stem and with a side opening slot communicating with said opening.

3. he combination with the body portion,

*2 emeee prings, 'efid afie 011a vehicle, and ,a, plate seemed he s z tidsprings and provided With it depenning: stem, 3, base member secured to the end formed withan opening. in which ssid stem is mounted for longitudmal move meet, a pneumatic cushion interposed betvsfeen the base member and the plate and formed ,withfan opening amount} said stem and anti-friction balls mounted 1n the opening in the base member around the stem, as 10 and for the purposes set forth. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOEL B. TAYLOR, JR. 1,. 8.]

Witnesses J N0. T WODEN, Tnos. HINDLE. 

